Puzzle Agent
A point-and-click detective adventure linking brainteasers to a town's secrets
Telltale · Released Jul 7, 2010
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 1,668
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 11
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Puzzle Agent?
You play Nelson Tethers of the U.S. Department of Puzzle Research, sent to Scoggins after an eraser company answers government inquiries with puzzles. In this single-player adventure, you investigate the town, solve mazes, riddles, and logic problems, and collect discarded chewing gum to unlock hints.
For you if...
- +you like detective stories with dark, surreal humor
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action-heavy adventures to solving logic problems
What players say
89% of 1,668 reviews are positive
Players praise the mystery, characters, and comic-style art. Recurring complaints concern the short length, with some players wanting more puzzles or noting repeated puzzle types.
Screenshots and trailer
Puzzle Agent system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 8 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Puzzle Agent?
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- OS
- Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz +
- Graphics
- 64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
- Memory
- 512MB
- Storage
- 220MB
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7
- Processor
- 3 GHz Pentium 4 or greater
- Graphics
- 128MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
- Memory
- 1GB
- Storage
- 220MB
Does Puzzle Agent have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Puzzle Agent run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Puzzle Agent use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
